Comment on As an OG Reddit Sync user of over 10 years, all this arguing really brings a tear to my eye. š„²
cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works āØ10ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Shouldnāt an ethical human choose tools that do more good than harm? As long as an application does that, does it matter if itās open source or not? The software we use in our daily lives is a personal choice and people shouldnāt be shamed for choosing a closed source application. Especially one created by an independent, craftsman software company. Sync, and other well-designed for-profit clients, benefit Lemmy, an open platform. That benefits all.
Let me add, many of us are social media refugees, fleeing exploitative and closed platforms like Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook. There is also nothing wrong with continually evaluating the closed source solutions we choose to prevent repeating past mistakes.
Misconduct@lemmy.world āØ10ā© āØmonthsā© ago
I donāt know about doing good or harm but Iāve used sync for reddit for years and years. The dev isnāt some big corporation and thatās generally enough for me. Iāll support them as long as their app has the experience that I prefer. I tried a few different apps until sync came out and I really gave them all a fair shot but none of them felt right. The fact that so many users bailed to Lemmy because Reddit broke third party apps and then turned around and got up peopleās butts for using specific third party apps is kind of hilarious to me. A huge wave of users came here for sync etc and people are trying to push them away or bully them like reddit did? They might not be bullying for the same exact reason but itās got the same vibe imo.
havokdj@lemmy.world āØ10ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Ironically, from what Iāve seen the sync users have been way more radical than the āanti-syncā users.
Before you read this I cannot stress enough that Iām neutral in this, Iām just a little irritated that Iām now seeing this in basically every sub.
Thereās been examples of the reverse from both sides, but the fact that I am now seeing this spam about pointless shit like this on shitpost is proof of this.
It is just an app, both of you. Sync dev should donate some profit (even as small as 1%) to Lemmy devs because his app relies on their software. App itself doesnāt have to be free but if it includes anti-features in the name of profits it is only fair, otherwise it is an exploitation of the GPL.
Lemmy being a FOSS project with no ads running, it is pretty much up to devs pockets, instances pockets, and donations to keep the project going. If the sync developer is going to make money off of an app that essentially serves as a gateway to this service, ethically speaking he should contribute to it considering the software itself is what even makes the app function. If Lemmy were to shutdown, the app would be useless.
Having been involved in the FOSS community for 18 years, the community heavily relies on the collaboration, contributions, and donations of those who partake in it. Without at least one of those things, the project dies, I have seen it hundreds of times now. Wherever you (all of you) may stand when it comes to FOSS, know that using Lemmy technically makes you a part of that community.
We will see if the people here are sane or not by watching the karma of this post. If it is negative then the people in this argument are blinded by unnecessary rage and need to cool it.